flipper

• The Monster picked the boat up again with a flipper, then heaved. —  Golem in the Gears
• All that remained looked like a flipper, a stunted hand with the wrist connected directly to his shoulder. —  _Politik
• After striking the late Ken Wadsworth plumb for the nth time and being denied, Chandra delivered a ripping flipper (remember Viv Richards saying Chandra's fastest flipper was as fast as Thommo) which sent Wadsworth's offstump flying, Kirmani ducking for cover and the Kiwi umpire Monteith's breath. —  Cricket Web - Latest News
• Allison can change direction by varying the strokes of her front right flipper, the lone survivor in what rescuers believe was a shark attack.
• Sea Turtle Inc. curator Jeff George said turtles with only one flipper are usually euthanized because they would struggle to reach the surface for air.

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